Caribbean Report 16-02-1998 - Gordon, Orin (anchor); Wells, Bowen (interviewee); Brandt, David (interviewee); Cook, Robin (interviewee); Ransome, Debbie (correspondent); Rohee, Clement (interviewee); Orr, Carol (correspondent); Maharaj, Ramesh Lawrence (interviewee); Knight, K. D. (interviewee); Ramson, Charles (interviewee); Smith, Lew (correspondent); Mitchell, Keith (interviewee) (The British Broadcasting Corporation, 1998)
1. Headlines with Orin Gordon (00:00-00:24)
2. The British government admits that is has made mistakes in handling the crisis in Montserrat. The Commons Committee Bowen Wells comments on the issue and accused Montserrat's Chief Minister David Brandt of overstating the island's population figures (00:25-07:05)
3. British Foreign Secretary Robin Cook sums up the first ever UK-CARICOM forum and Guyana's Foreign Minister Clement Rohee comments if CARICOM is really satisfied with the meeting (07:06-09:59)
4. In Jamaica, a CARICOM Legal Affairs conference began with calls to establish a Caribbean Court of Appeal this year. Carol Orr reports that Trinidad and Tobago's Attorney General Ramesh Maharaj is eager to see the Court up and running (10:00-12:40)
Keywords: Great Britain -- Foreign relations -- Montserrat; Montserrat -- Foreign relations -- Great Britain; Great Britain -- Colonies -- Administration; Montserrat -- Population; Montserrat -- Social conditions; Great Britain -- Foreign relations -- Caribbean Area; Caribbean Area -- Foreign relations -- Great Britain; Economic assistance, British -- Caribbean Area; Courts of last resort -- Caribbean Area; Appellate courts -- Caribbean Area; Capital punishment -- Caribbean Area; Political planning -- Barbados; Caribbean Area -- Politics and government; Political prisoners -- Cuba; Cuba -- Politics and government